Opportunities to improve adaptability and yield in grasses: Lessons from Sorghum

Crop Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1791-1799

  Morgan, Page W ^a   Finlayson, Scott A ^a   Childs, Kevin L ^a   Mullet, John E ^a   Rooney, William L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; POACEAE; SORGHUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0036888478     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2002.1791     Document Type: Review

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